Mummy's weekend

Today is Friday and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve been waiting for this day all week. Today is payday, which means its grocery day! We were pretty much out of everything. I don’t know many people who are this excited over grocery shopping. I usually work from home on Fridays, so after I drop Emerson at daycare, I head to Wal*mart before I go home to log into work.  Because I don’t have an hour commute to and from work, I can log in later and work a bit longer to compensate for the time I’m at the grocery store. I really enjoy this. After getting all of our groceries, I just walk around and window shop. Today, I did just that. It was awesome. I got all of our groceries, household items, and diapers/wipes for $99.62! Every time I stock us up again, I always tell myself “good job” Being able to support a household is tough. I’m glad I pulled it off for another two weeks. I just paid our cable and gas bill too. I need to write April’s rent and daycare checks and pay the car insurance. That’s only another $1400! No complaining here though. I’m more than appreciative that I can pay the bills even if we don’t have loads left after. It’s always a good feeling knowing we made it through another month.

 

This weekend, I’ve decided what we’re doing. I’m taking Emerson and my nephew to Giggles and Smiles. It’s a cute kiddo gym in the mall that has bouncey houses, mats, tunnels, and slides to play on. It costs $6/hour for kids under 3 and $11/hour for kids 3-10. That seems fair to me. It’ll be nice to get out of the house, do something different, and allow Emerson to burn off some of his energy. I’m glad my nephew wants to come with us too. We haven’t seen him in a while. Afterwards, we’re going out for pizza, then to visit my parents until my sister picks my nephew up. The weather is crazy today. It’s snowing and raining. It’s supposed to warm up tomorrow, but it’ll be so damn muddy out. I’m not trying to deal with that by playing at the park. I’m excited to try out this place though. If we like it, it’ll be a nice alternative for rainy days if we want to get out of the house. I can justify $6 for that! Yes, I realize I could just let him play in the play place at the mall for free, but that place gets freaking WILD and over-crowded. I’d rather just pay $6 for a bit more structure and less chance of Emerson running out like he did when I took him two weeks ago. I had to chase him, which meant my wallet and diaper bag were hanging out alone with a bunch of strangers around. Uncool.

 

Last night, I put Emerson to bed around 7:30pm. He went right down and slept until about 9pm before he cried. It was nice watching tv and just hanging out by myself. When he cried, I did try to keep him down in the play pen, but he wasn’t having it. I was super tired anyway, so I just brought him into bed with me. I wouldn’t call last night a fail though. I was able to put him down without nursing initially and I got some time to myself. I’m lowering the crib at some point today, so that we can try to transition him to sleep in there. I’m thinking with a little more room, he’ll wake up less. I could be wrong, but it’s worth a shot. I’m still really, really happy that I can put him to bed without having to go to bed too. I’ll take any bit of time in the evenings to just have ME time at home without having to go to bed at 730pm too.

 

On Sunday, I plan on playing outside with Em as long as it isn’t too muddy or cold. I haven’t looked up the weather yet. We’re also going to go to my parent’s house to visit too. We haven’t seen them since last Sunday. It’s insane how quickly the weeks go by. That about sums up our weekend. We aren’t doing anything tonight. Just hanging out at home. Usually, he’s very crabby after daycare, so I may try to put him down for a small nap, while I cook dinner. That way, maybe he will sleep longer in the morning. I just don’t want to end up being awake until 11pm!

 

Alright, I hope everyone has a really nice weekend J